Written for the busy orthopaedics resident who needs to review for an exam or prepare for a challenging clinical case, CORE KNOWLEDGE IN ORTHOPAEDICS: FOOT AND ANKLE offers cutting edge clinical and surgical pearls in a bulleted and templated format.
1. Functional Anatomy: Evolution, Motion, Comparative Primate Anatomy, Biomechanics
2. Physical Exam of the Foot and Ankle: Gastrocnemius Tightness, Peroneal, Metatarsal Hypermobility, Ankle Stability, Range of Motion, Posterior Tibial Tendon
3. Orthotics and Prosthetics
4. Flat foot: Posterior Tibial Dysfunction, Non-posterior Tibial Flatfoot, Comprehensive Approach
5. Cavus/Neuromuscular Foot: Etiologies, Muscle Balancing, Osseus Alignment
6. Diabetic foot: Vascular Disorders, Neuropathy, Ulcers, Charcot foot
7. Rheumatoid Foot: Hindfoot, Forefoot
8. Hallux Valgus: Etiology, Treatment, Complications
9. MTP Arthritis/Disorders: 1st MTP arthritis, 2nd MTP disorders; Turf Toe; Sesamoids
10. Lesser Toe Disorders/Metatarsalgia
11. Common Pediatric Foot Conditions (Clubfoot, Salter Fractures)
12. Entrapment Neuropathies (tarsal tunnel, anterior nerve impingment…)
13. Ankle arthritis (arthrodesis, arthroplasty, allograft, distraction, cartilage transplantation)
14. Heel pain: Plantar Fasciitis, Fat Pad Atrophy, DDX
15. Achilles Tendon: Ruptures, Tendonitis
16. Other Tendon Disorders: Peroneals, FHL, Anterior Tibia
17. Ankle Sprains: Acute, Recurrent Chronic Pain, Syndesmosis, Subtalar
18. Malleolar Fractures including Stress Fractures
19. Tibial Pilon Fractures
20. Calcaneus Fractures, including Open Reduction, Percutaneous and Late Reconstruction
21. Talus Fractures: Classification, Reduction and Fixation Techniques, Malunion, Osteochondral, process fractures
22. Navicular/midfoot injuries including Navicular Stress Fractures
23. Metatarsal/Phalanx Fracture: 5th Metatarsal Fractures, Stress Fractures
24. Tumors of the Foot/Ankle
25. Amputations
26. Foot and Ankle Athroscopy
27. Nail problems in the foo
